Marietta Workers' Compensation Attorney | General Insurance Defense Lawyer | Rodney McColloch | MIJS

Moore Ingram Johnson & Steele

You know when I graduated from law school, I was going into corporate law. And I got a job in South Georgia and when I started, they said that they actually had more work in the workers’ comp department than they did in corporate. So I decided to take a shot at doing workers’ comp defense and actually I have been doing workers’ comp defense now for the last 20 years representing employers throughout the State of Georgia on the workers’ comp issues as well as other employee employment issues. My name is Rodney McColloch and I am a partner here in the Workers’ Comp Department at Moore Ingram Johnson and Steele. I primarily handle workers’ compensation defense, other insurance defense issues, and some employment issues for employers throughout the state. I definitely feel like someone was watching over me when I started the practice of workers’ compensation defense rather than corporate. I have to say that my personality fits it better. I like things to move along fast, I like to be creative and sitting behind the desk all day pushing papers is definitely not my personality. So, I am thankful that I had that opportunity and now 20 years later, I am still handling workers’ compensation cases every day throughout the state of Georgia and actually into other states in the southeast. The hardest part of practicing law is keeping your priorities and having a balance. I would say my number one priority is my family. My wife and my three daughters. I love to spend time with them, which is probably why I'm a terrible golfer. If I ever had a five-hour window, of free time, I would love to spend it with my family rather than be on the golf course. Maybe that will change when I retire. My second passion other than working is wine. And anyone that has been to my office can tell I have a lot of wines. I love tasting unique wines. I actually got engaged in Napa and the one thing that I tell my clients is that, unlike wine, claims don't get better with age. So I like to move claims along very quickly. A lot of clients asks, "What sets us apart from our competition?" And I would say that aside from hiring really good attorneys, smart people and aggressively pursuing claims and being creative, is our communication. We have always strived to keep our clients informed and we believe that a client that is informed the whole way along will not have any surprises and will anticipate the outcome and be happy with it. I know that all the young attorneys that we hire at our firm, we always tell them that a client can handle bad news, but they can't handle our surprises. So, we try to make sure that everybody is included in the decision-making process and at the end of the day, hopefully everybody gets the result that they're looking for. Here at Moore Ingram Johnson and Steele, we are always available to assist our clients and even those that are considering us as their law firm. I take calls daily from clients with just general questions. We don't bill you for that. We're here to assist. And if it heads into litigation or if there's something that we can do for you then we'll meet with you and help you out. But, feel free to call anytime. Just ask for us, we're here to help you and more than happy to assist.